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Toni Preckwinkle with state & local leaders attend hearing on youth joblessness at Chicago Urban League

WHAT: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will join state and local legislative, educational, civic and community leaders for a hearing on youth joblessness. A diverse group of youth will testify on their experiences and the opportunities that employment and education provide. Additionally, education and youth advocacy organizations will testify about programs and policies that could help reduce violence in Chicago-area communities.

Chicago Urban League President and CEO, Andrea L. Zopp, and Jesse Ruiz, chairman, Illinois Council on Re-Enrolling Students Who Dropped Out of School, will open the hearing on behalf of convening co-sponsors which include the Chicago Urban League, Youth Connection Charter School, Chicago Area Project, Black United Fund of Illinois, Westside Health Authority, Chicago Jobs Council and the Alternative Schools Network.

A new report outlining new data on unemployment will be released at the hearing as part of an ongoing series commissioned by the Alternative Schools Network and prepared by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.

WHY: Since The Great Recession, youth joblessness has continued to hit record highs each year with teen employment rates in Illinois dropping to just 27.8% in 2011-2012. At the same time, the persistent economic challenges in America, coupled with increased violence in Chicago area communities and low projections for teen summer employment in 2013, make it imperative that effective program responses to address joblessness for youth and young adults in the Chicago area be developed in time to impact summer employment needs for 2013.

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